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Students were busy rehearsing this week in preparation for this weekend's performance of "Treasure Island." The Missoula Children's Theatre will do a matinee this afternoon (Friday) for students and the production is open to the public Saturday, Feb. 3 at Sidney High School.
Sidney students have spent the week immersed in an area of study hosted by the High Plains Arts Council.
It is a tale of pirates and treasure, fun and frolicking. It is an adventure in learning stage acting, following a director and telling a story from the stage.
The High Plains Arts Council is presenting the Missoula Children's Theatre. Auditions for students kindergarten through 12th grade were Monday, Jan. 29. The play "Treasure Island" has been the focus of hour of rehearsal this week with production scheduled for 7 pm. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Sidney High School. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for students.
The program is about developing life skills in young children through participation in the performing arts, according to the Missoula Children's Theatre website. Each Missoula Children's Theatre cast is composed of a variety of young people, each treated equally.
Missoula Children's Theatre provides two professional actor/directors, five days of team building and 20 hours of rehearsal and a cast of 60 local students.
As part of the program, the sponsors provide housing for the tour team, audition space, a place for rehearsals and performance, a piano and accompanist and publicity.
The history of Missoula Children's Theatre dates back to the 1970s when Jim Caron, then an unemployed actor, was traveling across country and stopped in Missoula, Mont. He answered an audit in poster for "Man of La Mancha" and developed a friendship with Don Collins. Together, they organized a company of adults to perform plays for children. The company began casting children. Then in 1972, the two decided to cast children from the hosting community instead of commuting several hundred miles with young children.
The risky move has grown into a tour designed to teach children about reading, team building and stage acting.
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